HMS Nymphe

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Nymphe", HMS "Nymph" or HMS "Nymphen" after the Nymphs of Greek Mythology. Another was planned but never completed:

*HMS|Nymph was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1778 and burnt by accident in 1783.
*HMS|Nymphe|1780|6 was a 36-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1780 and wrecked in 1810.
*HMS|Nymphen|1807|6 was a 36-gun fifth rate captured from the Danish in 1807. She was to have been renamed HMS "Determinee", but this did not happen and she was sold in 1816.
*HMS|Nymphe|1812|6 was a 38-gun fifth rate, built as HMS "Neriede" but renamed in 1811 and launched in 1812. She was placed on harbour service from 1836, renamed HMS "Handy" in 1871 and was broken up in 1875.
*HMS|Nymphe|1866|6 was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1866 and sold in 1884.
*HMS|Nymphe|1888|6 was a composite screw sloop launched in 1888. She became a base ship and was renamed HMS "Wildfire" in 1906, and HMS "Gannet" in 1916 and finally HMS "Pembroke" in 1917. She was sold in 1920.
*HMS|Nymphe|1911|6 was an "Acorn" class destroyerlaunched in 1911 and sold in 1921.
*HMS "Nymphe" was to have been a modified "Black Swan" class sloop laid down in 1945 but cancelled later that year.

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